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This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
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San Francisco County
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Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.
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